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16-6G-5
Section 16-6G-5 Reading and intervention programs; individual reading improvement plan;
summer reading camps; Alabama Summer Achievement Program; retention of students; reporting
requirements. (a) To ensure that public school students are able to read at or above grade
level by the end of third grade, each local education agency shall offer a comprehensive core
reading program to all students based on the science of reading which develops foundational
reading skills. In addition, no school district may use any curriculum for public K-3 students
that does not have instructional time included. (b) Based on the results of the reading assessment
in Section 16-6G-3, each K-3 student who exhibits a reading deficiency, or the characteristics
of dyslexia, shall be provided an appropriate reading intervention program to address his
or her specific deficiencies. Additionally, students shall be evaluated after every grading
period and, if a student is determined to have a reading deficiency, the...
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16-1-41.1
Section 16-1-41.1 School board governance improvement. (a) This section shall
be known and may be cited as the School Board Governance Improvement Act of 2012. (b) The
Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) That the purpose of this section
is to enhance the effectiveness of public education governance in Alabama through the establishment
of training requirements, boardsmanship standards, and accountability measures that are designed
to promote informed deliberations and decisions, to revise the qualifications for serving
as a member of a local board of education, to provide for a code of conduct for each member
of a local board of education in order to better ensure that any decision or action of a local
board of education is based on the interests of students or the system, and to foster the
development and implementation of organizational practices that are designed to promote broad
support of the public schools. (2) A local board of education is the legally...
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16-13-234
Section 16-13-234 Allocation of funds. (a) In making apportionment of the Public School
Fund held by the state, to the local boards of education, the State Superintendent of Education
shall first set apart and distribute to the schools of each township the amount due from the
state thereto as interest on its sixteenth section fund, or other trust fund held by
the state. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to insure that no local board of education
receive less state funds per pupil than it received in fiscal year 1994-95. For this reason
the Foundation Program for each local board of education shall be supplemented, if necessary,
by a hold harmless allowance. The base amount of each local board's hold harmless allowance
calculation is the 1994-95 program cost as defined herein. The 1994-95 program cost of each
local board of education was determined by using the first forty scholastic days of average
daily membership from 1993-94. Beginning with the fiscal year 1995-96, the hold...
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16-40-1.1
Section 16-40-1.1 Instruction mandated in parental resposibility, education and high
school diploma importance, and study skills; new required courses not established. (a) Each
local board of education shall require, in accordance with rules and regulations of the State
Board of Education, that students in grades seven to 12, inclusive, receive instruction in
parental responsibilities. The content of the instructional program shall be determined by
the State Board of Education. (b) Each local board of education shall require, in accordance
with rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, that students in grades seven
to 12, inclusive, receive instruction in the importance of an education and the consequences
of not obtaining a high school diploma. The contents of the instructional program shall be
determined by the State Board of Education. The instructional program shall offer information
appropriate to each grade level and age and level of maturity of the student. (c) Each...
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16-28B-8
Section 16-28B-8 Suicide prevention programs, training, and policies; advisory committee;
liability. (a) To the extent that the Legislature shall appropriate funds, or to the extent
that any local board may provide funds from other sources, each school system shall implement
the following standards and policies for programs in an effort to prevent student suicide:
(1) Foster individual, family, and group counseling services related to suicide prevention.
(2) Make referral, crisis intervention, and other related information available for students,
parents, and school personnel. (3) Foster training for school personnel who are responsible
for counseling and supervising students. (4) Increase student awareness of the relationship
between drug and alcohol use and suicide. (5) Educate students in recognizing signs of suicidal
tendencies and other facts and warning signs of suicide. (6) Inform students of available
community suicide prevention services. (7) Promote cooperative efforts...
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16-36-69
Section 16-36-69 Use of textbooks. (a) All textbooks furnished free of charge to pupils
shall be the property of the local board of education, as long as textbook funds are expended
as prescribed by law. (b) When distributed to pupils the textbooks shall be retained for normal
use only during the period they are engaged in a course of study for which the textbooks are
selected. At the completion of each course of study or otherwise at the instructions of the
principal or teacher in charge, the textbooks shall be returned as directed. A receipt shall
be required from each pupil, parent, or guardian upon issuance of any textbook, which receipt
shall be retained until the return of the textbook. (c) The parent, guardian, or other person
having custody of a child to whom textbooks are issued shall be held liable for any loss,
abuse, or damage in excess of that which would result from the normal use of the textbooks.
In computing the loss or damage of a textbook which has been in use for a...
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16-46A-2
Section 16-46A-2 Enrollment; participation and attendance; online course requirements.
(a) A full-time student enrolled in a virtual program shall be enrolled and counted in the
average daily membership of the local school, participate in state testing and accountability
requirements through the local school system, and, upon satisfying the graduation requirements
of the local board of education, receive a diploma from the local school system. (b) Any provision
of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, a student enrolled in a virtual school program
offered by his or her local school system shall be treated as if he or she is attending his
or her local school in the attendance zone in which they reside for purposes of participating
in extracurricular activities and shall be subject to the same requirements, including Alabama
High School Athletic Association rules, imposed on a traditional public school student enrolled
in the traditional public school. In addition, if local board...
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16-6F-6
Section 16-6F-6 Authorization of establishment; Alabama Public Charter School Commission;
registration requirements; powers and duties of authorizers. (a) Eligible authorizing entities.
(1) A public charter school shall not be established in this state unless its establishment
is authorized by this section. No governmental entity or other entity, other than an
entity expressly granted chartering authority as set forth in this section, may assume
any authorizing function or duty in any form. The following entities shall be authorizers
of public charter schools: a. A local school board, for chartering of schools within the boundaries
of the school system under its jurisdiction, pursuant to state law. b. The Alabama Public
Charter School Commission, pursuant to this section. (2) A local school board that
registers as an authorizer may approve or deny an application to form a public charter school
within the boundaries of the local school system overseen by the local school board. (3) All...
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16-1-13
Section 16-1-13 Teaching pupils of disparate ability, background and achievement. Whenever
any city, county or other local school board determines it to be in the best interest of the
public school pupils of the local school system, it may prescribe and from time to time adjust
and adapt and further prescribe the manner, method and procedure to be employed in classrooms
for teaching pupils of disparate ability, background and achievement in the public schools
within its jurisdiction. Its authority in this respect shall include but shall not be limited
to prescribing the grouping and classification of students within the same grade level, based
upon considerations of native ability as indicated by intelligence tests; the general academic
achievement, and level of achievement in a particular subject area. Any such grouping of pupils
within a class or grade shall be prescribed by the local board of education only after consultation
with the superintendent of the school, teachers, students...
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16-1-51.1
Section 16-1-51.1 Comprehensive model policy for supervision and monitoring of juvenile
sex offender students; educational placement of juvenile sex offenders. (a)(1) On or before
January 1, 2019, the State Board of Education shall develop a comprehensive model policy for
the supervision and monitoring of juvenile sex offender students, who have a low risk of re-offense
and are enrolled, attending class, and participating in school activities with the general
population of students. The purpose of the model policy is to provide a safe and secure environment
for all students and staff. The model policy shall be adopted by each local board of education
and implemented beginning with the 2020-2021 school year. The model policy, at a minimum,
shall contain all of the following components: a. Application to all school property and school-sponsored
functions including, but not limited to, classroom instructional time, assemblies, athletic
events, extracurricular activities, and school bus...
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